Cedar Grove students to perform 'The Great American Songbook' and more

The Cedar Grove High School music department will present its annual spring concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 8 in the school auditorium. This year's free concert will feature "The Great American Songbook," which includes "Broadway!," a medley of show tunes by American composers Cole Porter, Lerner and Lowe, Marvin Hamlisch, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jerry Herman and Stephen Sondheim.

The select choir will perform two arrangements by David Loud of songs by George Gershwin and Stephen Sondheim. The concert band will perform highlights from John Williams' score of "Harry Potter" and George Gershwin's "An American in Paris." The concert orchestra will also perform pieces by contemporary American arrangers and composers.

The choir and band will appear under the direction of Jennifer Jessen-Foose, and the orchestra will be conducted by Robert Savino. The high school is located at 90 Rugby Road. Carpooling is suggested as parking is limited.